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5/25/2013

I've always been fascinated with the art of photography. I have countless albums full of family photographs including those I've taken on trips along my winding path. I still spend time enjoying them on occasion. They document the past and I love to view that from the perspective of the present. I find it makes you think of things you were not aware of when

the photos were originally taken.

Below is a group of historical photos an old friend sent me, one of those email send arounds I sometimes enjoy, sometimes not. Included are the captions that came with them. These did grab my attention so I'm sharing them, feeling most will find them interesting also. Some are funny, some sad, some peculiar, and all reminders of our unique and varied past.

Animals being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956

Smallpox victim-New York 1881I feel polio and smallpox vaccines were two of the greatest advances in medicine ever.

A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic

test 75 miles away, Las Vegas , 1953

1928 fashion show at the beach

A space chimp poses for the camera after a

successful mission to space in 1961

Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865

Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Signwas put up

at the 363rd station hospital in Papua , New Guinea during WWII

A penniless mother hides her face in shame after

putting her children up for sale, Chicago , 1948This era was around the end of the Great Depressionand a few years after WWII that left a lot of widows desperate.

Annette Kellerman promoted women's right to wear a fitted one-piece

bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency.My...how time changes fashion and minds.

Artificial legs, United Kingdom , ca. 1890

Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to

survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She

did it in 1901 because she needed money, and after

doing it said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone!Sounds like good advice to me.

A most beautiful suicide-23 year old Evelyn McHale

leapt to her death from an observation deck (83rd floor)

of the Empire State Building , May 1, 1947. She landed

on a United Nations limousine.

Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII

Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940

Only known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid,ca. 1879

Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27

Children eating their Christmas dinner during the

Great Depression: turnips and cabbage

I heard "horror" stories from my parents and grandparents about this era growing up and never realized, until I was an adult, I lived through a decade of The Depression. Dad had a job and my parents raised beef and a variety of vegetables so food was always plentiful.

Construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961The Cold War was just as scary, at times, as WWII that preceded and instigated it, because by then we were well aware of what atomic bombs could do and knew the Russians found out from spies how to build them.

Construction of the Manhattan Bridge , 1908

Former slave showing whipping scars

Frozen Niagara Falls , 1911

Hotel owner pouring acid in the water when black people

swam in his pool, ca. 1964

How could parents ensure that their children were getting

sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings?

The baby cage, ca. 1937

Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition,

Detroit 1929

Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960

Jesse James, approximately 16 years old

Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they

were too short,the women would be finedI bet a lot of guys applied for the "measuring" jobs.

New York City fire station, ca. 1912

Operation Babylift: Vietnamese orphans transported by

airplanes to America in 1975

Polish children examined by German officers to see if

they qualify as Aryan, and would be allowed to live

President Richard Nixon trying to use chopsticks while visiting China in 1972

Santa Claus in New York, ca. 1900

Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan , ca. 1944

Suntan vending machine, 1949Talk about turning orange in a hurry.

Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923I suppose it hadn't occurred to law officers yetthey could use test dummies.

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861

The original Ronald clown of McDonald's in 1963

The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927

Unknown soldier in Vietnam , 1965

Putting on a crinoline (skirt support), 1855Oh Wow...I'm sure happy this painful heavy looking fashion went out of style. I imagine theguys back then were too.

5/15/2013

My son, Stephen Mullins, was in the photography business for years. He now travels quite frequently all around the world as a computer specialist training companies how to use business software his employer sells and maintains.

He always takes his camera and roams the countryside and cities where his travels take him on his off time and he has taken some beautiful and interesting photographs of whatever catches his artistic eye. Below are a few of his wide variety of photos. They are from all over the United States, Europe, and Australia.

All images are copyrighted...if you are interested in using any of them, or would like a professional print, his